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Commission opens formal investigation procedure on sale of Bank Burgenland to Grazer Wechselseitige in Austria

Brussels, 21/12/2006 (Agence Europe) - The Commission has opened a formal investigation under EC Treaty state aid rules into the sale of Bank Burgenland. The Land of Burgenland decided to sell the bank in March 2006 to the Austrian insurance company, Grazer Wechselseitige Versicherung AG (GRAWE), for the sum of €100.3 million, although the tender procedure had also produced an offer of €155 million by an Ukrainian/Austrian Consortium. The Commission has to make sure that the tender was...

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(EU) EU/COMPETITION: Commission opens formal investigation procedure on sale of Bank Burgenland to Grazer Wechselseitige in Austria
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(EU) EU/TAXATION: Infringement procedures against two Member States over car registration taxes
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(EU) EP/JHA: Franco Frattini continues to underline advantages of bridging clause and welcomes European Council decision on immigration - European Agency for Fundamental Rights
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(EU) EU/COURT OF JUSTICE: National legislation which applies a different tax scheme to subsidiaries of non-resident parent companies from that applied to subsidiaries of resident parent companies restricts freedom of establishment
(EU) EU/LEGISLATION: Main legislative acts published in Official Journal
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